Impact Cases
Guardians of Truth
Start: 01-10-2024 - End: 31-03-2026
Project Reference: 2024-1-NL02-KA210-YOU-000253183
This project aims at raising the awareness among young people about greenwashing, enhancing their greenwashing literacy, reducing the negative impact of greenwashing on climate change and the environment, and promoting sustainable habits and preferences. The project is co-funded by the Dutch National Agency (Nederlands Jeugdinstituut) for the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. The project is implemented by Stitching the Tree Party (Netherlands), by partnering with Impact Grid (Germany), Nicea Kültür ve Eğitim Derneği (Türkiye) and SDRUZHENIE ALTERNATIVI INTERNATIONAL (Bulgaria).
SWEPPP
Start: 01-09-2023 - End: 31-08-2025
Project Reference: 2023-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000156944
SWEPPP is based on the idea that achieving sustainable well-being requires a holistic approach, aligning personal, professional, and planetary welfare. It aims to foster wellness across these three dimensions by empowering individuals with the necessary knowledge and skills to enact meaningful action. Our team has developed a series of learning materials aligned with the skill-based modules of the SWEPPP Training Curriculum. Each topic is delivered through curated themes and knowledge content, accompanied by activities to deepen understanding and practical application.
UNFAKE
Start: 01-09-2024 - End: 31-08-2025
Project Reference: 2024-1-FR02-KA210-YOU-000247518
This project aims at improving digital literacy by educating youth on how to identify fake news and unreliable Social Media sources, to reduce the negative effects caused by false information. The project will promote positive, accurate news that improves digital safety and encourages civic engagement. The project is co-funded by the French National Agency (Agence du service civique) for the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. The project is implemented by the European Solidarity Association (France), by partnering with Impact Grid (Germany) and Matteo Antonio Savio (Austria).
Bio You Toon
Start: 01-04-2023 - End: 31-03-2025
Project Reference: 2022-2-DE04-KA220-YOU-000096069
BioYouToon is a cooperation partnership aiming at raising awareness and supporting education on the importance of biodiversity among youth, as well as facilitating collaborations between youth NGOs and young researchers, for projects engaging young people in biodiversity conservation actions. The project is co-funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ Program and implemented by six organizations: Impact Grid e.V. (Germany), MV International (Italy), NGO Nest Berlin (Germany), NICEA (Turkey), Polygonal North oy (Finland), XsentrikArts (Austria).
SoS
Start: 01-09-2023 - End: 31-08-2025
Project Reference: 2023-1-DE02-KA220-VET-000159204
Start on Sustainability (SoS) aims to equip micro-enterprises with the necessary tools and resources to take meaningful action towards sustainability, thereby contributing to a more sustainable and resilient EU economy. This will be achieved through the development of a learner-led approach to sustainability training that promotes a “fair transition” to sustainability, addressing the unique resources and capabilities of each business. The project is coordinated by GIG and carried out in cooperation with partners from Denmark, Ireland, Poland, and Spain.
ECCE
Start: 01-09-2022 - End: 31-08-2024
Empowering Creative Circular Entrepreneurs is an ongoing transnational project that started in February 2022 and has been co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. The project is coordinated by the Roscommon Leader Partnership (Ireland) and shall be completed in January 2024. The project’s main objective is to upskill creatives and aspiring creatives (as well as VET-educators who train them) to embrace circular economic principles as a key tool to adapt their business to a more sustainable model, which reduces costs and waste while protecting and creating jobs.
SOHACK
Start: 01-09-2022 - End: 31-08-2024
Social Hacking of Higher Education for Sustainability (SOHACK) is an ongoing transnational project that has started in 2022 and been co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. The project is coordinated by XWhy – Agency of Understanding (Lithuania) and shall be completed by the last quarter of 2024. SOHACK aims to provide a platform for students, university staff and other HEIs to be directly involved in the creation of sustainable solutions for their HEIs. The project is to provide students with an opportunity to work in interdisciplinary teams, solving their campus problems and experiencing the impact of their solutions during their studies.
Young Digital Nomads
Start: 01-09-2023 - End: 31-03-2024
Project Reference: 2022-3-DE04-KA152-YOU-000101668
The main idea to carry out the youth exchange project "Young Digital Nomads" came up from a group of young people involved in our activities. They expressed their interest in developing their digital competences and learning digital tools that they can use in the job-seeking process. Moreover, they asked for an opportunity to address the topic of safety in online space and pointed out the negative impact of social media on youth development. The project addresses the issues of digital competences and employment, digital self-learning tools as well as responsible use of digital tools and media.
Game Begins for Sustainable Development Goals
Start: 01-09-2022 - End: 31-12-2023
Project Reference: 2022-1-DE04-KA210-YOU-000081404
"Game Begins for Sustainable Development Goals" is a small scale partnership project aiming at educating young people about United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), by equipping them with game-based methods and tools such as card and board games, escape-room games, and digital games etc. The project is co-funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ Program and implemented by four organizations: Impact Grid e.V. (Germany), NICEA (Turkey), Promesas (Spain), GEDAT (Poland).
Sense of Community by ART
Start: 01-06-2022 - End: 31-12-2023
Project Reference: 2022-1-DE04-KA152-YOU-000067150
The main goal of the project is to create a space where young people from Germany, Serbia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy can exchange and experience cross-cultural learning and dialogue with art applications. Through its workshops and activities, the project aims not only to increase the youngsters' knowledge on various cultures / histories / backgrounds, but also to develop their creativity.
DIGITAL CROSSROADS
Start: 01-09-2020 - End: 31-08-2023
Digital Crossroads was a transnational project that was implemented between 2020 and 2022 and was funded by the EU – Erasmus+ Program. The project consortium was composed of partners from Germany, Denmark, Ireland and UK, and was coordinated by EMG. The project’s main objective was to build the digital skills of SME managers by (i) increasing their knowledge of the topic of digital wellbeing in the workplace and applying this knowledge to assess their current level of risk (ii) building their broad digital and entrepreneurial skills so that they better understand business productivity in the digital age and can introduce policies and practices that maximize it without compromising employees’ wellbeing.
TOO4TO
Start: 01-09-2020 - End: 31-08-2023
Project Reference: 2020-1-PL01-KA203-082076
Sustainable Management: Tools for Tomorrow was a transnational project that was implemented between 2020 and 2023, in cooperation with universities from Finland, Lithuania and Poland, and was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. The project’s main objective was to increase the skills, competencies, and awareness of future managers and employees in the field of available tools and methods to provide sustainable management, and, as a result, support sustainable development in the EU and beyond.
Digital Balance
Start: 01-09-2021 - End: 31-08-2023
Project Reference: 2020-1-DE02-KA226-VET-008184
Digital Balance was a transnational project that was funded by the EU – Erasmus+ Program and implemented between 2021 and 2023. The project consortium was composed of partners from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Greece and Ireland, and was coordinated by EMG. The project’s main objective was to design, develop and implement a new approach to train VET teachers, leaders and managers in digital wellbeing.
SHOUT
Start: 01-09-2019 - End: 31-08-2023
Project Reference: 612364-EPP-1-2019-1-LT-EPPKA2-KA
Social Sciences and Humanities in intersectoral Outreach for better education and sustainable solutions was a knowledge alliance project that was implemented between 2019 and 2023, and was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission. The project consortium included HEIs, NGOs and small consultancy companies as partners, and was led by the Vilnius University (Lithuania).
WIL POWER
Start: 01-09-2020 - End: 31-08-2023
Advancing Women in Transport and Logistics was a transnational project that was implemented between 2020 and 2023 and was funded by the EU – Erasmus+ Program. The project consortium was composed of partners from Germany, Brussels, Denmark, Ireland, UK and Poland, and was coordinated by NOT (Poland). The project’s main objective was to create high-quality training and ongoing support specifically tailored for women in the transport and logistics industry so that they have the knowledge, skills and motivation to progress in their careers and acquire leadership positions.
DIGITAL LANGUAGE LAB
Start: 01-12-2021 - End: 31-05-2023
“Digital Language Lab” project is a strategic partnership co-funded by the Turkish National Agency (THE CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN UNION EDUCATION AND YOUTH PROGRAMMES) for the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. The project is implemented by Bursa Teknik Universitesi (Türkiye), by partnering with Istituto ad ordinamento universitario (Italy), Education Mobility Grid (Germany), El Divino Pastor (Spain), Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Umiejetnosci Tworczych (Poland) and Uluslararası Sürekli Eğitim ve Gelişim Derneği (Türkiye).
Youth Volunteering 4 Social Inclusion
Start: 30-05-2022 - End: 29-05-2023
Project Reference: 2021-2-DE04-KA152-YOU-000038594
This project, which is coordinated by Impact Grid, strives to highlight the benefits of volunteering to youth, so they can recognize and transfer them to their peers; but also to increase the social inclusion of disadvantaged and marginalized groups trough volunteering in partner countries. The project is to share existing experience/practices/tools in the field of volunteerism, and encourage the youth to be actors for positive change.
Think, Write, Achieve, Repeat
Start: 01-10-2021 - End: 30-09-2022
Project Reference: 2021-1-DE04-KA152-YOU-000005745
The main idea of carrying out the youth exchange project "Think, Write, Achieve, Repeat!", which was coordinated by Impact Grid, was to increase the entrepreneurial mindset of young people, including the young people with fewer opportunities, while improving their competencies in writing quality Erasmus+ KA1 projects, that will represent the young people’s needs, and will provide a chance for them to work directly on those issues.
ASSESS
Start: 01-09-2019 - End: 31-08-2022
Project Reference: 2019-1-PT01-KA201-061275
Assessing EFL Students was a transnational project that was implemented between 2019 and 2022. The project was funded by the EU – Erasmus+ Program and aimed to determine innovative methods and tools for the assessment of EFL learners, and thereby, to bring new approaches to assessment and to contribute to the development of evaluation consciousness. The project consortium was composed of partners from Germany, Finland, Portugal, Spain and Turkey, and was coordinated by Agrupamento (Portugal).
Empowering Through Digital Storytelling
Start: 01-01-2022 - End: 31-07-2022
Project Reference: 2021-2-DE04-KA153-YOU-000041031
"Empowering Through Digital Storytelling" was a mobility project coordinated by Impact Grid. The overall aim of this project was to increase the competences of youth workers in using storytelling as a tool to reach, motivate and inspire young people.
Best You Can
Start: 01-10-2021 - End: 31-05-2022
Project Reference: 2021-1-EE01-KA152-YOU-000033956
"Best You Can" was a mobility project, in which Impact Grid participated as a partner. The project aimed to support active participation of young people in public/social life, encourage their involvement and participation in political, economic and social life by promoting European citizenship, European identity, European values and active participation.
Media and Information Literacy Lab
Start: 01-09-2021 - End: 31-03-2022
Project Reference: 2021-1-DE04-KA153-YOU-000020006
"Media and Information Literacy Lab" was a mobility project coordinated by Impact Grid. The project aimed at fostering youth workers and trainers’ media and information literacy (MIL) skills for empowering European youth to critically analyze news and recognize bias, misinformation, and lies.
Youth Activism
Start: 01-01-2021 - End: 31-10-2021
Project Reference: 2020-3-DE04-KA105-020595
"Youth Activism" was a mobility project coordinated by Impact Grid. The project aimed to support the active participation of young people in public/social life, encourage their involvement and participation in political, economic and social life by promoting European citizenship, European identity, European values and active participation.
GT4SME
Start: 01-09-2019 - End: 31-08-2021
Enabling Sustainable Growth and Transformation of SMEs with a Focus on Work-Based Learning was a transnational project that took place between 2019 and 2021. The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission and coordinated by GIG. The project’s main objective was to support SME educators and increase their capacities in 4 topic areas crucial for SMEs today: Digitalization, Internationalization, Financial Access and Incorporation of Positive Impact Values
Youth Entrepreneurs in Europe
Start: 01-09-2020 - End: 28-02-2021
Project Reference: 2020-2-DE04-KA105-019700
"Youth Entrepreneurs in Europe" was a mobility project coordinated by Impact Grid. The main aim of the project was to educate, empower and improve competencies of young people on entrepreneurship through non-formal education as a way to combat youth unemployment and promote active participation in democratic life and the labour market in participating countries.
Be a Youth Worker
Start: 01-08-2020 - End: 31-01-2021
Project Reference: 2020-2-DE04-KA105-019865
"Be a Youth Worker" was a mobility project coordinated by Impact Grid. The project was a mix of beginners on one side and experienced partners on the other, on the basis of which we strive for the first to gain, and for a second to improve their non-formal skills and knowledge. The project aimed to increase the capacity of new NG organizations, by developing knowledge and improving skills in the field of informal methodology and education.
CSR, SDG
Start: 01-09-2017 - End: 31-08-2019
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy inclusion, peace and prosperity. To address and tackle social, economic and global issues, and help countries, governments and societies in combating them, SDGs define global priorities and aspirations for 2030 for the planet to "eliminate extreme discrimination, poverty and put the humanity on a path of sustainability".
BIG CEFA
Start: 01-09-2017 - End: 31-08-2019
Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Women Administrators was a transnational project funded by the EU – Erasmus+ Program and coordinated by Adnan Menderes University (Turkey) between 2017 – 2019. The project’s main objective was to identify the glass ceiling barriers that women administrators working in the education sector experience and, based on that, to develop training programs aiming at equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed in coping with such barriers.
Hi4CSR
Start: 01-09-2016 - End: 31-08-2018
Harmonization and Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility EU Directives was a transnational project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Commission and coordinated by RRiF (Croatia) between 2016 – 2018. The project’s main objective was to contribute to the realization of the strategy Europe 2020 by equal involvement of European universities, consulting companies, CSR organizations and decision-makers from different countries for the purpose of creating sustainable, stable and inclusive economic growth